At the end of the 20th century, Portugal faced a major public health crisis as a surge in heroin use drove addiction rates, overdose deaths, and infectious diseases to record highs. By the late 1990s, up to 100,000 people were estimated to be using drugs in a country of just 10 million, giving Portugal one […]
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A teenage musician from Pitt Meadows has released her debut EP, a collection of songs rooted in folk/country. Becca Stefanson is only 17-years-old, but her musical journey started when she was nine and she honed her craft through school performances, community events, and regular appearances on the local open-mic circuit. On Thursday, April 9, the
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An accused drug dealer from Maple Ridge had his multiple legal attempts to have the case against him thrown out denied by the courts. Fraser David George Vickers faces two trafficking charges from his arrest in September 2020, when Ridge Meadows RCMP allegedly found him in possession of fentanyl and methamphetamine. Vickers, born in 1985,
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For the first time ever guests can bring their four-legged family members to the Ridge Meadows Home Show’s free outdoor Family Fest where a new event aims to inspire, engage, and educate dog owners about fantastic local products and services. The Paw Patch will be located in a tented area on the Family Fest grounds,
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Editor’s note: This story contains explicit language that may be offensive to some readers. In 2013, Insp. Conor King of the Victoria Police Department heard about the effects of illicit fentanyl for the first time. “A couple of [officers] came back one day and they said that they had been talking to a street nurse,
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